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My nemesis : a novel / by Craig, Charmaine,author.;
"From the acclaimed author of Miss Burma, longlisted for the National Book Award and the Women's Prize, comes a tense and thought-provoking exploration of an intellectual affair and its reverberations across the lives of two couples. Tessa is a successful white woman writer who develops a friendship, first by correspondence and then in person, with Charlie, a ruggedly handsome philosopher and scholar based in Los Angeles. Sparks fly as they exchange ideas about Camus and masculine desire, and their intellectual connection promises more--but there are obstacles to this burgeoning relationship. While Tessa's husband Milton enjoys Charlie's company on his visits to the East Coast, Charlie's mixed-race Asian wife Wah is a different case, and she proves to be both adversary and conundrum to Tessa. Wah's traditional femininity and subservience to her husband strike Tessa as weaknesses, and she scoffs at the sacrifices Wah makes as adoptive mother to a Burmese girl, Htet, once homeless on the streets of Kuala Lumpur. But Wah has a kind of power too, especially over Charlie, and the conflict between the two women leads to Tessa's martini-fueled declaration that Wah is "an insult to womankind." As Tessa is forced to deal with the consequences of her outburst and considers how much she is limited by her own perceptions, she wonders if Wah is really as weak as she has seemed, or if she might have a different kind of strength altogether. An exercise in empathy, an exploration of betrayal, and a charged story of the thrill of a shared connection-and the perils of feminine rivalry-My Nemesis is a brilliantly dramatic and captivating story from a hugely talented writer whose portrayals are always gracefully phrased and keenly observed"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Adoptive parents; Adultery; Betrayal; Interpersonal conflict; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Racially mixed people; Self-perception; Women authors;
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Show and tail / by Eschmann, Reese.;
Bubbles' belly has been growing bigger and bigger, and on Kira's first day of school, Bubbles finally becomes a mama cat. But she has six kittens, which is too many! But not to worry, because Kira has a great idea. She's going to find each kitten a perfect family by matching them with her classmates! But matchmaking isn't quite as easy as it sounds, and her classmates aren't convinced. Will Kira be able to find each kitten the purrfect home?Reading level : Grade 3Appeals to 2nd and 3rd gradersLSC
Subjects: Adoption; Cats; Pets; Show-and-tell presentations; Kittens;
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Pound for pound : a story of one woman's recovery and the shelter dogs who loved her back to life / by Kopp, Shannon.;
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Subjects: Kopp, Shannon.; Dogs; Dog adoption; Dog rescue; Human-animal relationships.; Bulimia;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The difference / by Endicott, Marina,1958-author.;
From one of our most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers comes a sweeping novel set on board the Morning Light, a Nova Scotian merchant ship sailing through the South Pacific in 1912. Kay and Thea are half-sisters, separated in age by almost twenty years, but deeply attached. When their stern father dies, Thea returns to Nova Scotia for her long-promised marriage to the captain of the Morning Light. But she cannot abandon her orphaned young sister, so Kay too embarks on a life-changing voyage to the other side of the world. At the heart of The Difference is a crystallizing moment in Micronesia: Thea, still mourning a miscarriage, forms a bond with a young boy from a remote island and takes him on board as her own son. Over time, the repercussions of this act force Kay, who considers the boy her brother, to examine her own assumptions--which are increasingly at odds with those of society around her--about what is forgivable and what is right. Inspired by a true story, Endicott shows us a now-vanished world in all its wonder, and in its darkness, prejudice and difficulty, too. She also brilliantly illuminates our present time through Kay's examination of the idea of "difference"--between people, classes, continents, cultures, customs and species. The Difference is a breathtaking novel by a writer with an astonishing ability to bring past worlds vividly to life while revealing the moral complexity of our own.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Sisters; Life change events; Ocean travel; Interethnic adoption; Difference (Psychology);
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We were once a family : a story of love, death, and child removal in America / by Asgarian, Roxanna,1987-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children-and a searing indictment of the American foster care system"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Adopted children; Adopted children; Children; Children; Murder-suicide;
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A haven for his twins / by Arrington, April,author.;
Seven years ago, former bull rider Holt Williams left his twin sons in the arms of a beautiful stranger. Jessie Alden has raised them as her own ever since, but now Holt is back and determined to be a dad to his boys. For his dream of fatherhood to come true, he must prove he's really changed. What will it take to convince Jessie he's the good man she and the twins deserve?
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Religious fiction.; Novels.; Adoption; Bull riding; Fathers and sons; Man-woman relationships; Single fathers; Twins;
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The tearsmith : a novel / by Doom, Erin,author.; translation of:Doom, Erin.Fabbricante di lacrime.English.;
Growing up in an orphanage, Nica's imagination burned with fantastical stories. When she's adopted, Nica thinks she's leaving the orphanage, and her world of otherworldly tales, behind her. That is, until Rigel-as mesmerising and handsome as he is troubled-joins the family. It isn't long before their shared hardships spark something magical between them. But before their fantasies for a brighter future can become reality, they'll have to face the darkness of their past.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Abused children; Adoption; Man-woman relationships; Orphans; Teenage girls;
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Someone like you : a novel / by Kingsbury, Karen,author.;
"Maddie Baxter West is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted as an embryo. But somehow the right moment never happened. Then a total stranger confronts Maddie with the truth and tells her something else that rocks her world-- Maddie had a sister she never knew about. Betrayed, angry, and confused, Maddie leaves her new job and fiancé, rejects her family's requests for forgiveness, and moves to Portland to find out who she really is. Dawson Gage's life was destroyed when London Quinn, his best friend and the only girl he ever loved, is killed. In the hospital waiting room, London's mother reveals that London might have had a sibling. The frozen embryo she and her husband donated decades ago. When Dawson finds Maddie and brings her to Portland, the Quinns-- her biological parents-- welcome her into their lives and hearts. Maddie is comforted by the Quinns' love and intrigued by their memories of London, who was so much like her. Is this the family and the life she was really meant to have? Now it will take the love of Dawson Gage to help Maddie know who she is ... and to help her find her way home"--
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Adoption; Sisters; Man-woman relationships; Parent and child;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ladybug Girl and the rescue dogs / by Davis, Jacky,1966-; Soman, David.;
"While at the farmers' market with her mama, Ladybug Girl spies some rescue dogs and, together with the Bug Squad, finds one of them a forever home, vowing to return again to help the others"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Ladybug Girl; Dogs; Dog adoption; Voluntarism; Helping behavior in children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Wrong Girl / by Ryan, Hank Phillippi.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Adoption; Family secrets; Foster home care; Missing children; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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